‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ – and it’s Robust

“It’s the economy, stupid!”

Months before the 1992 election, Bill Clinton’s campaign was not going well. At the time, James Carville, a close strategic adviser—his other close associate being George Stephanopoulos—was racking his brain trying to figure out what mistake they were making. Then, suddenly, he had an epiphany, a “Eureka” moment. “It’s the economy, stupid,” he said, and the phrase went down in history. The phrase, along with two others, was written on a sign at …

‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ – and it’s Robust

“It’s the economy, stupid!” was the pivotal message in the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign, by James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political advisor. Because it always comes down to the current economic trend that determines whether voters are satisfied with an administration, or whether they will vote it out. But the U.S. media is constantly perpetuating the fiction that we are in such a high state of emergency that only ousting Trump will the ends …